Emirates has said over and over again that the rumors that we are going to have another base are absolubtely untrue. For some reason the Aussie crew believe we are going to have a base there. It is not happening. Dubai will always be our base and there will be no other.
Yes, they are increasing Australia flights though. They will be starting Adelaide but the dates have not been decided yet. That is the only and last Australian destination that will be added. They want to increase flights to Brisbane too,as they are all overbooked daily. They are considering direct Brisbane flights on Boeing with CRC. Dont know when or if this will happen. We will see.
The current 9 day route of DXB-SIN-BNE-SIN-DXB is a killer though...Crew always going sick or having catfights onboard. My friend just came back from on of those flights and they had a debriefing on every sector! They were fighting among each other. Sounds terrible. That is why I avoid that flight like the plague.